试论西方殖民主义者早期对西藏的渗透及其侵略活动

ON WESTERN COLONISTS’ EARLY ENTRY ON TIBET AND THEIR ACTIVITIES OF AGGRESSION

今年是西藏人民第二次抗英斗争--江孜保卫战一百周年的纪念日,一百多年前,英帝国主义先后发动了两次武装侵略西藏的战争,不仅对西藏人民烧、杀、抢、掠,无恶不作,而且严重地威胁中国的领土完整和国家主权。回顾这一段历史,不仅使我们增强了对帝国主义本质的认识,而且也加深了对英帝国主义的侵略是有其深刻历史背景的了解,是西方殖民主义早期对西藏地区的渗透和侵略活动的必然。在西方殖民主义者早期对西藏地区的侵略活动中,传教士充当着急先锋的作用。他们打着传教的招牌,以传教士和间谍的双重身份,对我国西藏地区进行侦察和测绘活动,为西方资本主义的东侵出谋划策,提供情报。其中英国间谍波格尔、忒涅和曼宁扮演了一个十分不光彩的角色,充当了英国资本主义对西藏从事侵略活动的先驱。

This year is the 100 anniversary of Tibetan people's second anti-British war---the war of protecting Gyantse. 100 years ago, the British imperialist launched two wars of aggression in Tibet. They not only carried on the policy of ″ burn, kill, rob″ in Tibet, but also seriously threatened the completion of Chinese territory and the nation's sovereignty. Looking back this part of history, we have realized the nature of imperialists and further understood that British imperialist's invading Tibet has its deep historical background. Missionaries played a pioneer role in the western colonists' early invading activities in Tibet. They were engaged in reconnaissance and survey in Tibet as both missionaries and spies, and offered intelligence to the western capitalist countries. Among them the British spies served as pioneers in the invading activities in Tibet.